"THE WEEK'S MUSIC"
Sir,-In your issue of February 4 appeared "The Week’s Music," contributed by "Sebastian," a writer whose nom-de-plume does not hide his identity-the leopard cannot change its spots. Two points in this review call for explanation: First, what does your contributor mean when he says, "The last movement (of Schubert’s Sonata) seemed a little ham-handed in placesand yet they were just the places that beg for a little ham?" Second, further on the writer refers to "a fine rendition." The English language contains no such word. Surely, Sir, your readers ate entitled to somethine better than this rubbish.
L. D.
AUSTIN
(Wellington).
("Sebastian’’ has not previously written for The Listener. And if Mr. Austin consults the Concise Oxford Dictionary he will find that "rendition" is in the English language.-Ed.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 812, 18 February 1955, Page 5
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131"THE WEEK'S MUSIC" New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 812, 18 February 1955, Page 5
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